TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsIndonesia, Turkey ink deal to expand civil aviation cooperation
The new cooperation agreement expands flight frequencies, routes and destinations between the two countries and increases opportunities for codeshare arrangements, crew recruitment and maintenance partnerships.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Turkish civil aviation officials and their Indonesian counterparts pose for a family photo in Istanbul during bilateral air services consultations from Oct. 22-23, 2025, in this undated handout image. (Ministry of Transportation/Ministry of Transportation)
I
ndonesia and Turkey have agreed to expand their cooperation in civil aviation, allowing more direct flights and deeper technical collaboration between the two countries, according to a statement on Sunday from the Transportation Ministry’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
After a two-day consultation in Istanbul on Oct. 22-23, the two sides had signed a record of discussion and an implementing arrangement as the basis for strengthening bilateral cooperation in civil aviation.
The consultation followed up on an agreement reached between President Prabowo Subianto and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the inaugural High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSC) meeting on Feb. 12 in Bogor, West Java, which included Turkey’s request to increase flight frequencies on direct routes.
The two countries also agreed to expand their air service networks.
Indonesia is to include eight new destinations to complement Jakarta and Denpasar: Medan in North Sumatra, Majalengka in West Java, Yogyakarta, Manado in North Sulawesi, Balikpapan in East Kalimantan, Kediri in East Java, Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara and Sorong in Southwest Papua. Meanwhile, Turkey is to add Izmir and Bodrum to existing destinations Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya.
In addition, the agreement significantly increases aviation traffic rights from 14 to 32 flights per week.
[RA: Trump inks US deals on trade, critical minerals with Southeast Asian partners::/business/2025/10/26/trump-inks-us-deals-on-trade-critical-minerals-with-southeast-asian-partners.html]
